Lexicon kasal: to be or become stupid Original Word: כָּסַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kasal Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sal') Short Definition: foolish NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be or become stupid NASB Translationfoolish (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ כָסַל] verb be or become stupid (Late Hebrew Aramaic in derivatives; Arabic  be sluggish, so North Syriac in derivatives; original meaning possibly thick, plump, fat; hence in good sense: כְּסָלִים loins, כֶּסֶל, כִּסְלָה confidence; in bad sense: כֶּסֶל, כִּסְלָה, כְּסִילוּת stupidity, folly, כְּסִיל stupid fellow) — Qal Imperfect יִכְסָ֑לוּ they become stupid Jeremiah 10:8 ("" יִבְעֲרוּ they become brutish).
Strong's be foolish A primitive root; properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly -- be foolish. |
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